Change to ABN

If your charity has a new ABN, and no other changes have occurred, please complete Form 3B: Change of charity details to notify the ACNC. If other changes have occurred, such as the charity has a new legal structure, changed its charitable purposes, or merged with another entity, then you will need to provide the ACNC with additional information.

*See the table below for more information.

Legal structure

Charities may change their legal structure for a variety of reasons. It may be because you wish to:

incorporate your unincorporated charity (for example, so that you can open a bank account, provide better legal liability protection for your members and enter into agreements in the charity’s name instead of an individual’s name)

incorporate as a company with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (for example, because your charity has become larger and wants to operate across Australia and overseas)

merge your charity with another charity (for example, because you have a similar purpose and want to share resources), or